Jim Monaghan
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Writer, Poet, Govanhill resident, Cultural Attache Greater Shawlands Republic, Director @ Romano Lav, MDANT, pedantic bore
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no Scottish male has ever used the word "albeit" without it being followed by "with a game in hand"
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I'm no fan of the SNP but events today were disgraceful. Of the 20 opposition days, they get 3 Labour get 17. It's supposed to be a day when the SNP set the agenda & debate. The lack of respect for democratic process was staggering, The lack of respect for Palestinians sickening.
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To me, this "apology" is worse than yesterday. Is he really trying to tell us that having the SNP motion could have led to MPs being killed but having the Labour amendment saved lives? He is gaslighting us and should resign now.
“I don’t want another [terrorist] attack on this house”
Speaker of the House Lindsay Hoyle announces there will be an emergency debate on Gaza and apologises for the part he played in the chaos yesterday, but says he was acting with the safety of MPs in mind.
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this is how we meet them. One hour before Tommy Robinson is planning his "UK Rally" we occupy the space and face them head on. Bring your flags, your love, your noise and don't be intimidated by them - OUR STREETS!
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nearly ready to open, our new People's Food Pantry in the heart of
#Govanhill
pay £3.50 to join then you can get £15 worth of food each week for just £2.50, Fridges have arrived planters in place and the mural unveiled - happy days
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every day's a school day. Did you know that the alcoves in tenements, the ones we use for shelves, were doors that the builders used to move between flats? They could travel right up and down the whole street through them when building the tenements.
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I am going to start a Scottish version of Twitter called Fritter, who's in?
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I know this woman, she is vulnerable. She is getting help now but I wanted to let people know that the landlord who did this is the guy who owns the 'orange' shop down from Ali Arms and the ice cream place next door
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There is a clear, coordinated and relentless campaign going on against
@NicolaSturgeon
from the right. It uses culture wars and misinformation, hatred of trans people, homophobia and disgraceful insinuations about her private life. Much of it is deeply sexist.
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Watching Prince Andrew being accepted back into public life as if nothing has happened is stomach-churning. Our boot-licking cap-doffing media and politicians are just sitting back and allowing this. They are laughing at us.
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As the manager of this event and one of only four people she dealt with on the day (only two of them staff of the Stand) I am very surprised at this. It was not raised at the event and cannot imagine what she is talking about.
'Both I and members of the audience could feel and hear the palpable hostility from some Stand staff'
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I've been a political activist my whole life, accepting that most of it is defeats that we learn from. This makes the victories sweeter and more important. One year ago today on
#KenmureStreet
was one of the proudest days of my life
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@KwCongressional
this story was originally a joke on conspiracy theorists, now you actually belive it and share it as a real story
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I was a lead steward at this event, was there when the kettling took place. This is a blatant lie. The behaviour of police was clearly designed to stir trouble, our event was social distanced then police refused to allow us to socially distance with their kettling
@HumzaYousaf
CS Alan Murray, policing lead,
#GeorgeSquare
said: "We identified a group as football risk supporters, who we believed posed a threat to public safety. We spoke with this group and, at their request, escorted them to the Gallowgate area of the city where they dispersed."
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I cant enter my neighbours flat. But we can meet in stairwell, go for a swim in a public pool, to a restaurant, then to a pub, then take a flight to Greece, share a hotel room, fly home, but when we get home we need to make sure we go to separate flats as that would be unsafe!
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my mum passed away yesterday after a short illness. She was a wonderful mother and friend and meant so much to so many people. Dont think I have ever known of someone so universally like. This pic is in Rome, on the way to Assisi (Agnes loved a pilgrimage).
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In 2022 I will be continuing my campaign of telling middle-class people that working class people always did this and its just called "swimming". I am willing to expand the campaign into other areas if, for instance, they start calling having a pint of Tennents "wild drinking"
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Scottish politics is pathetic, parochial, boring and stuck. Watched Anas Sarwar ask a perfectly good question re trains and how people will be able to get to work. John Swinney's reply was a shouty rant about Tories in West Lothian Council.
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writers portraying their working class credentials as, 'no books at home' or not enjoying classical music or theatre or eating shit food etc is about the most anti-working class narrative out there. I just dont recognise it.
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this
#ResignCorbyn
hashtag thats floating about makes no sense. He literally has already resigned. What they are calling for is to have nobody in place over the next few weeks, why is that a good idea?
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had a look into
@theSNP
announcement that "a young person living alone" would save £750pa under their plan to make all under 22s exempt from Council Tax. Turns out only 6% of 21s and 5% of 20s live alone. 81% of 21s and 86% of 20s are already exempt.
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Godley still refuses to acknowledge what she did. Every interview she says it was about tweets from 10-12 years ago when it wasnt, it continued until at least 2017 in her podcast. But. it seems, if you have the right friends, racism doesnt matter. 1/2
We are delighted to announce the inaugural winner of the Sir Billy Connolly Spirit of Glasgow Award is ✨Janey Godley✨
#gicf23
@JaneyGodley
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Scotland's shit transport system results in social exclusion for rural communities. Son started a new college course in Glasgow today, the only train that would get him there in time was cancelled. Couldn't get a bus
as they dropped the direct service to Glasgow last year.
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Fact: Southside Glasgow on a sunny Sunday morning is one of the most glorious and beautiful inner city areas in the world.
#VivaGovanhill
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I know I am in a minority of Celtic fans on this but I dont think its a penalty. To me, you can see Dessers' jersey being stretched, more so from the other angle. I think the Motherwell player is holding on to Dessers jersey.
🗣️ "How lucky can you get?"
Former Premier League referee Dermot Gallagher's take on Motherwell's claim for a penalty against Rangers ⬇️
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if you have an interest in and follow Police investigations as I do you would see the SNP arrests (without charge) and searches as "shaking the tree", an investigation in it's final desperate stages. Police have had full access to all accounts and transactions for nearly 2 years.
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Shawlands facebook groups are like "just moved into the area, can anyone recommend the best cheese shops and where I can find locally sourced beard wax?"
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@ScotlandNT
please dont stand when the England team is taking the knee, this could be the biggest riddy we have ever faced
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Two of Celtic's last six managers has been Brendan Rodgers, two of the other four was Neil Lennon. Six managers ago (Ronny Deila) his 1st team Coach was John Kennedy who is still there six managers later as Assistant Manager. The current 1st team coach is Gavin Strachan 1/5
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Was a bit intrigued about the untrue claims of staff at the stand being noisy or even booing at the Joanna Cherry event. Just found out that these claims are that the noise came from the balcony. Interestingly the balcony was where the press were, not staff.
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Celtic fans singing "soon there'll be no Protestants at all" version of "on the one road" as an intro to The Soldiers Song is pathetic, offensive, against the clubs history and tradition and an insult to Ireland, degrading their national anthem.
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Annoying to watch the tweets of Labour politicians re bins at Bute House. Its a commercial property and, like all other National Trust owned property, has bins collected by private companies just as when Labour ministers occupied it
@NicolaSturgeon
's actual home, has council bins
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For years I have been saying that this sort of thing is a nationalist project fear. But now, I have to agree. Whoever wins the Tory leadership will be gunning for Holyrood and will be undermining the devolution settlement and every extension of it since.
Make no mistake, the Tories are coming for devolution. If we don’t decide to entrench
@scotparl
through independence, it’s powers will be eroded - forced, according to this by one of the architects of the Brexit disaster, to ‘evolve back’
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A very small minority of the audience were openly and vocally hostile and aggressive to the staff who worked on the day (staff, it should be noted, who did not boycott or refuse to work the event) and I thought they showed remarkable professionalism in those circumstances.
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yer actual Nye Bevan in the Southside, Mayday 1951 Queens Park
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Janey Godley is NOT the victim in this story
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seriously mate, "wild swimming" is the single most middle class thing anyone can say. Working class people always swam in rivers, lochs, seas and even disused quarries. It is just swimming.
#wildswimming
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@Keir_Starmer
It's a lawful peaceful protest outside of a venue. She wasn't even heckled during her speech. It's just shouts and boos. When say "not be tolerated" are you saying you will ban protests like this as PM?
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@thecoastguy
would be great if this was a tweet in Solidarity with refugees and migrant populations but I suspect its about wearing masks in the cinema or something
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Been a long day folks and one of the most rewarding ever. Priti Patel's hostile environment was defeated by the people of the Southside. Well done to all of us
#nopasaran
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the gates at Queens Park in Glasgow where 60 years ago ths month Paul Robeson sang "Joe Hill" at the May Day Rally
#GeorgeFloyd
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You bring your kids up telling them that Fathers Day is a big commercial con and that they should refuse to take part. Then, all of a sudden, you are in your 50s, on your own, thinking "wee bastards, not even a fucking card or a phone call"
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On day one an independent Scotland can transform society, revolutionise the energy industry, introduce a pie tax, give horses the vote, nationalise ice cream vans, bring back the death penalty, make cricket illegal...
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Sky presenter asking if this highlights the need for education? Yes, it highlights the need for British people to realise that Ireland were involved in an actual war against an oppressive foreign occupation not that long ago.
The Ireland women's team apologise for singing a song referencing the IRA following their world cup qualification win against Scotland last night.
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A political party in the UK has had to suspend 3 of it's candidates for racism in the last week. 2 for Anti-Semitic comments 1 for Anti-Islamic comments. If you watch the UK media coverage of
#GE2019
you could be forgiven for not knowing that that party is the Conservative Party
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Right now I feel like I will not vote in the General Election. What's the point? The House of Commons is a rigged sham. Don't think I have ever felt so pissed off with politics. Our MPs and our Parliament are taking the piss.
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hard to describe the overwhelming emotion of this simple pic. 20 years ago this month the people of
#Govanhill
occupied
@GovanhillBaths
to save it from demolition and closure. Today the builders moved in to restore it to its former glory and more
#unitedwewillswim
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#jimmycarr
can come up to
#Govanhill
and try his fucking holocaust jokes. I'll cancel him myself. We have had our memorial to Roma holocaust victims vandalized twice in recent years. This is not funny
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today
@policescotland
deliberately tried to stir up trouble at a peaceful protest. There was no trouble, no hint of trouble. We kept social distancing until the police would not allow us to within their kettle
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just what we need, another fucking gammon filming himself repeating racist tropes about Roma in
#Govanhill
for his own ego project. I am sure he is quite chuffed at the attention he is getting without caring what damage he is doing
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Just because we dont see mass gatherings of fascists (so far) dont be complacent in Scotland, we're not free from that sort of violence. Yesterday my Friend Zam was attacked in Glasgow, Nazi salutes, racist abuse, the P word etc. Muslims are being terrorised in Scotland too.
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@ScottishPEN
the right to anonymity for women in sexual assault cases trumps the right to "free expression" for bloggers with an axe to grind. Disappointed that Scottish PEN cannot see that.
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me and the boy Lopez are just trying to get a selfie at our local festival and some politician pops up and photobombs us!
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The Stage light colours are the same every day for this show, the smoke machine blip was something that has happened before and was a complete accident. I was with her from the end of the show until she left the venue, neither of us saw or were aware of the projection.
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Political discourse in Scotland is crazy. Millions of young people live in poverty thousands are malnourished. Yet the 7 (its not routine like GIDS in England) young people who move on to puberty blockers each year is what is getting people agitated. Yes it's only average 7pa.
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proud to know
@AamerAnwar
as a friend & comrade. Over the last 20 years he has gone from a young student from that England to one of the most effective and important political figures in Scotland.
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Haha, it's literally happening under capitalism
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@JohnNurden
because she wants to, wtf has has it got to do with you? And, can you define what you mean by "people like" Naga? Whats sort of people is that?
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@Pomeranianslave
This didn't happen. The part he called a lie was the callers insistence that the unemployed people don't want to work.
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fuck's sake, this arsehole is inviting people to desecrate the grave of a Jewish political refugee and his family because he is angry about a slavetraders statue being removed.
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due to various things happening work-wise, taking on a role at
@bellacaledonia
and other factors, I have decided to finally have a pop at being a writer full-time, for at least the remainder of this year. Probably a daft move but wish me luck
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Tom Leonard reading at The People's Palace Winter Gardens, how I wish we still had both with us
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People evacuated from Park Inn hotel following the stabbing incident on Friday are in need of men’s & Womens clothes, underwear, jackets, phones and phone chargers. Donations can be taken to the Unity Centre (22 Ibrox Street) tomorrow Monday 10am-4pm
#glasgowattack
#NoEvictions
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not for the first time in recent weeks
@AnasSarwar
was excellent on TV this morning. He doesnt get hamstrung because he is confident in what he is saying and isnt caught out as he believes in what he is saying. Best public performances of a
@ScottishLabour
leader since devolution
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The campaigners to save Maryhill Library have met outside the building every Saturday for 8 months. Bob's office is directly across from the library. He didn't attend a single one of the over 30 weekly protests.
I have been clear that Maryhill Library should reopen and welcome that this will now happen following cash from the Scottish Government- something I made representations on. We need more details over the reopening as well as regarding concerns raised over structural works.
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this is Britain 2022, squatters have taken over the flat of a Russian Millionaire and we mobilise the riot squad. There are countless police vehicles on the street. Trying getting so much as a crime reference number if a home in a working class community was under attack.
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Today I interviewed Aamer Anwar at the stand. Friday I managed the event with John McDonnell. Both said far more controversial, important and powerful things than our guests on Thu And Sat but it wasn't SNP wars or Culture Wars, so nobody in the media ( or Twitter) gives a fuck.
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Hope all
@theSNP
supporters, members, MSPs & MPs raging at the Tory's proposed points-based, salary-capped, immigration policy, will be equally vocal against the proposed immigration system for indy Scotland in their own White Paper - points-based with a salary cap, same policy
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in this pic from yesterday in the Shields, I am NOT reciting poetry at the police lines
#Pollokshields
#KenmureStreet
#stopdeportations
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OK so I am old but listen, young folk, on this day 43 years ago I saw The Clash at Glasgow Apollo and the support acts were The Specials and Suicide! Aye thats right, The Clash, The Specials and Suicide!
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#FMQs
is a big fucking waste of time. Remember in 1999 when they told us that this place would be better than HoC, and not all shouty partisan stuff? They were wrong. Its pointless, no questions have ever been answered by any FM.
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This a classic example of the sort of shitty thread of misinformation re Scottish politics that Twitter is now home to. The ban is only on future new build properties, you can install a new wood-burner in an existing property, replace one, continue to use them
Woodburning stoves have now been banned by the Scottish Government. A small thread:
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Careful when you talk about
#Govanhill
, gentrification and the working class. If your idea of working class is lumpens who hate art and prefer empty shops & pawn shops to coffee shops & record shops, youre being as much of a dick as the "hipsters" that you dont know and dont like
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5/5 is it any wonder that we dont seem to see any fresh thinking or new ideas at the club? It is now 30 years since the former owners were booted out after running the club as a personal toy for a small group of families.
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"we were very upset that there was no trouble, we had all our riot gear and everything. So we set about trying to rile a group who we thought might cause trouble, they remained peaceful which was very disappointing" there, sorted it for you CS Alan Murray
CS Alan Murray, policing lead,
#GeorgeSquare
said: "We identified a group as football risk supporters, who we believed posed a threat to public safety. We spoke with this group and, at their request, escorted them to the Gallowgate area of the city where they dispersed."
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Sick of the working class being blamed for the racist riots. Our country is institutionally racist from the top down. The small percentage of working class people who take part in racist violence are not representative. But it WILL be the working class who stand up and fight back
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@policescotland
this is not true, i was there, it is a complete lie. We all requested to leave cosntantly all the way to the gallowgate where you took people against their will. astounded to hear that I am a football risk, it was a peaceful demo
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Clear evidence of the effects of the cost of living crisis can be seen at Eglinton Toll. The 3 course lunch at The Star Bar is now four quid!
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Mark Drakeford is right, Scottish Labour are wrong. The main thing that is preventing Scottish Labour from being relevant again in Scotland is their bizarre intransigence on this issue.
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Off to see Orwell Prize winning author Darren McGarvey deliver a Reith Lecture for the BBC. Now that's something I wouldn't have imagined saying about the Loki that I met 17 years ago. Hope he is as proud of himself as we all are ✊
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I live in an area with a far higher than average Muslim population. I am fully engaged in my community and in community politics. I spend time with Muslim people every day, and yet I have never met an "Islamist". Islamophobia in this country is out of control and dangerous.
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Darren as on fire last night. We need more voices like his on the telly
“I think for a laugh we should extend the privileges that politicians are used to, to everybody on benefits.”
@lokiscottishrap
compares the rules applied to politicians and the rules applied to people seeking benefits or support.
#bbcdn
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dear
@Keir_Starmer
the date on this link is important. The reason that
@HackneyAbbott
is crying in toilets the day before. Same day our staff were laughing about it and admit leaking it to Micheal Crick. This is disgraceful, there is no defence
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@GlasgowPam
@ScottishLabour
sorry pam but the Scottish Govt do not need to compromise on this, it was voted for in parliament, is a devolved issue. If they compromise on this what is the point of devolution? You are wrong that "both" Govts are at fault and I sincerely hope that is NOT Labour's position
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The Scottish Parliament had its bins collected during the strike, its one law for... The Daily Record had its bins collected during the strike, its one law for... The Labour Party Offices had their bins collected during the strike, its one law for...
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1984-85 - when the evil working class fought against Thatchers plans to fight global warming! Boris Johnson is a fucking bastard.
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Er, Brian, not all of us are Celts. This white vision of Scotland and/or Scots turns my stomach and actually frightens me
Brian Cox said: "Scots are very different. We are Celts, we have a different sensibility, we have different cultural roots. We are not the same as the south"
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Great to bump into my local MSP
@NicolaSturgeon
at
#Govanhill
Carnival yesterday. She was looking good, and her usual enthusiastic self, mixing with the crowds and delivering a brilliant speech to open the Carnival. She's been with us at the Baths, on our side, for over 20 years
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This response angers me. Glasgow IS being let down and those of us fighting to improve the city are NOT talking it down. Campaigners care about the city, are often the people who "make" Glasgow what it is and we welcome the support of
@AnasSarwar
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon accused Labour leader
@AnasSarwar
of "talking down" Glasgow after he said the city had been "let down by the SNP".
#FMQs
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I love Aye Write and the news re their funding is awful - BUT! I am struggling to understand why an established festival were totally reliant on the success of one funding application, just 7 weeks before the event - with no plan B. Everything should have been in place by then
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The pride was palpable. I remember as the crowd dispersed, walking back to Fatima's, like Eileen she lives on Kenmure Street. The community was walking with their chest out, head held high, smiling and confident.
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Next year when people swim in
@GovanhillBaths
again they can thank this man more than most. Andrew Johnson was a leader of the campaign to save the Baths, he chaired the Trust for over a decade before retiring in 2015. A very sad loss for our community, RIP comrade
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If you must know, I voted for
@AnasSarwar
for Glasgow Southside and
@ScottishLabour
on the Glasgow regional list. My wish is to see Anas joined by
@pauline4glasgow
@PaulJSweeney
&
@GlasgowPam
in the Parliament (And for
@AlbaParty
&
@Alliance4Unity
to get no seats)
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